The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-17
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL-SUNDAY, JULY IL. 1887.

particularly Gotten D. cd, whien are
handled to q glpst ex cnt IN Liver
pool and come largely from Memphi''
are simply inspected on going into re
warehouse, By reesmple, This Is also
the case in Genoa, where saw large
quantities Of oil, bearing the Mem
phis stamp, coming over the ships
side. Genoa and Marseilles are
the delivery points::for . large amount
of Memphis oils and cottons. These
are the only three points where paid
any attention 10 the handling oil
American merchandise" -,
"What are the continental methods
OF business by contrast with ours
VERY few lines OF business keep
stocks in store, and aside from dry
goods, fancy articles and Jswel'y,
nearly all the business Ia transacted
through Offices"
Banking is closer and bankers more
suspicious in Europe than in this
countrJg"
"Yes, due to their ancient ard con-
sentative manner Of doing business,
and also 10 the unsettled state OF poll.
tics ia Europe, where events that
would almost 20 unnoticed In Amer
lea ale immediately reflected on the
bourses and exchanges and affect
values"
"what do you think Of the Irish
question:"
"Couldn't you ask an easier ONE In
Ireland and England this 10 the theme
Of conversation, and ! found no little
disappointment in the failure OF the
@ 1een, on the occasion OF her jubilee, to
s:gnalize the event by taking some
ep or exhibiting some evidence OF her
individual desire for the ameloration
Of the condition of the Irish people.
The occasion, however, has passed,
and It remains for Parliament TO set
The outlook for ireland, 90 far IS Par.
liamentary action Is concerned, seems
anything hut favorable. But II that
body would adjourn and inspect the
country In person / believe the Par.
nell and Gladstone movement would
prevail by an overwhelming ma GRITTY.
The condition OF sfisirs In Ireland has
not been over stated. There Is more
distress and suffering and want 10 one
small city which / could ma ne In Ire.
land than believe exists In the five
largest cities Of America. That there ir
something radically wrong In the gov
eminent of the country, which In
itself is as beautiful as any the sun
,hioes on. must be evident 10 any uu.
DIT, JUDGED observer. came home
with q deeper sympathy for the op
pressed people Of Ireland and i'm
pressed with the fact that their only
RENE dy lies In emigration"
"Oi course you visited the museums
and art galleries p
'0h, yes, In all the cities named aud
the recollection OF the countless works
Of art we cav will never fade FROM my
mind. There is All evident revival oil
art study and culture in all the princi'
pal cities, especially florence, Milan
and Paris, and more interest beiup
taken in works Of that c. aacter tha1
AZ a. y period during the last half cen
tury. / sincerely trust that at no dis
tan, day America will emulate the ex
ample Of these cities In this respect
"Whst can you tell me Of your ocesr
experiencef' o
awe went over in the Cunard steam
or AuTania, and owing 10 storms anC
f1gs lost fully two days, returning ir
the Umbria, another Cunarder, max
Ing the trip from Queenstown t. New
York, In actual running time. six day
aud four houts. But for an accident
In mid ocean. by which We lost som'
tea hours, We would have made tt'
trip inside OF six days These steam
ers are the pride Of the ocean, anC
nothing can he mors enjoyable or ben
eficial than q voyage on them. Theil
record Is marvelou', q passenger nave
having been lost, ard the trip acrosl
the water having been acc mplist 81
In elk days, two hours and four eel
minutes, the fastest ever known"